Episode 22: This Episode is the (Coffee) S**t

Episode 22: This Episode is the (Coffee) S**t

We say it every week: we’re a history podcast, brewed for your enjoyment. This week, we talk local brews of a different sort: coffee! A building occupied by one of our favorite coffee spots has a lot of history behind it. Join us as we talk about how we love our local coffee scene as much as our local beer scene. In the spirit of our topic, we’re drinking a couple of different coffee-infused beers. In addition, we give you a little TMI about what coffee does to the body...we hope you're not too shy. [Insert smiling poop emoji.]

Recent Episodes

Episode 49: Under the Influenza

We're back baby! Troy's been under the weather for about a week and a half, which we're not only going to use as an excuse for our absence, but we're also using it for the theme of this episode! We go over the history of Buffalo's largest hospital, which played an important role in the area during the 1918 flu pandemic. To go along with our theme of weird stuff that microorganisms do, we're drinking Big Ditch's Bidwell Wild Ale! Now wash your hands and listen up!

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Showing some love during the week of Valentine’s Day. As you may know we really dig talking about the Erie Canal, but Episode 48 is all about the Love Canal. We talk about how a city planned to be a clean, futuristic utopia powered by hydroelectricity lead to the creation of a toxic waste dump: the plan for a “Model City” really was a model on how not to dispose of toxic waste, and once you do dispose of that toxic waste, how not to handle a national emergency fueled by sickness, death, and birth defects. This all happened along the Niagara Escarpment, which also happens to be where our drink this week is from. We discuss yet another story of pollution in WNY while sipping Riesling from Freedom Run Winery. Learn about the history of the Niagara Region as well as all of New York State’s impact on winemaking.

Music: "Low Bridge" by the Rust Belt Brigade

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This week we felt that after recording last time with Vinylly Friday, we needed to take a break from the brews--of beer, that is--because in this episode we're drinking Barrel + Brine kombucha! We discuss the somewhat disturbing way that kombucha is made as well as the tons of other fermented goodies that Barrel + Brine has to offer! And on the historical end, Haley gets serious about WNY's Eeriest body of water.

Cheers! Go have something fermented, and call your "Mother"!

Music: "Low Bridge" by the Rust Belt Brigade

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This week, we were joined by our buds Tim and Eddie from Vinylly Friday for a regular ol' collab-a-thon! This time around, we let them pick the brewery: we drank Main Course DDHIPA by Belt Line Brewery & Kitchen, a brand-new brewery and taproom that just opened down in the Hydraulic neighborhood. And as things generally go around here, the brewery decided the history for this episode...so more trains! Buckle up: we're all quite inebriated for this one (good thing we took the train!)

And since it was a "collab-a-thon," there'll be a new episode of Vinylly Friday featuring us coming up soon! We'll keep ya'll updated on when it does, but until then, listen to the rest of their episodes--they're some pretty funny dudes who talk about a wide range of music!

Music: "Low Bridge" by the Rust Belt Brigade

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An entire year has passed since we started Drinking Points! This week we go back to Episode 1, and reminisce about (read: completely rip on) our Pilot Episode too! We were welcomed back to record at Big Ditch Brewing Company yet again, which coincides with all of our Erie Canal chit chat on the first episode. Episode 45 is all about poking fun at our past selves and expanding on ideas we had a year ago!

Cheers!

Music: "Low Bridge" by the Rust Belt Brigade

Thanks to:

Our patrons! Become a patron! It could only cost you $1 a month, and it goes towards our beer funds, and also we'd really love you for it! You'll get your name said on the podcast and get exclusive access to unedited episodes and more fun extras!Our friends, family, and everyone who's been rooting for us since the beginning!The brewers and breweries who have been there for us at our thirstiestYOU! For listening! Thank you!

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We have a website: http://drinkingpoints.com (where you can find our whole back catalog of episodes, including the Pilot Batch episode)

Sometimes episodes are written around a historical event, sometimes they’re written with a certain beer in mind. Other times, a brewery releases a beer about winter weather with 7.7% ABV and 77 IBUs and we’re left with no choice but to do a Blizzard of 77 episode. So crack a beer and bundle up, because it’s a cold one out there!

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We're excited to say that this is (what feels like) our first real episode that we've recorded since ermmm... October? We took a classic Drinking Points field trip to the Buffalo Museum of Science to go along with this episode's beer, XPA by Woodcock Brothers Brewery! Happy New Years everyone!

Music: "Low Bridge" by the Rust Belt Brigade

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Joy to the world! This is our off-the-cusp Christmas mini(?)sode! In this episode, we talk about Christmas trees, Christmas traditions, and... Christmas! And drink wintery beers! Join us around the Netflix Fireplace (Birchwood Edition) and let us join your holiday celebration this year! Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!

(Haley wants to apologize in advance for sounding like a little bit of a Grinch, but we recorded this immediately after she worked two full retail days on Christmas weekend! I tried!!)

(Also, this is not our last Christmas episode... there will be more. I just love (Last) Christmas--only the original. Don't get it twisted)

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The Show

A history podcast, brewed for your enjoyment. We have a passion for all things Buffalo, NY; especially our local beer and history. So crack open a cold one, and take a 15 mile trip down the Erie Canal with us. Remember to always drink responsibly, which means, you've gotta drink local.